Curriculum focus: identifies, interprets, and analyzes figurative language including: idiom, imagery, and symbolism (11.1.2.K4), uses information from the text to make inferences and draw conclusions (11.1.4.K5), compares/contrasts textual aspects: character traits, themes, character motives, and author's purpose (11.1.4.K7), analyzes and evaluates how the author's style (word choice and sentence structure) and use of literary devices work together to achieve his/her purpose by using tone, mood, and imagery (11.1.4.K11d, e, and h), and analyzes contextual aspects of setting and their influence on characters and events in the story including the contexts of history, society, and culture (11.2.1.K2a-c).
Root words for this week (root - definition - examples):- ambi/amphi - both- amphibian, ambidextrous
- dom - house/home - domain, domestic
- hema/hemo - blood- hemoglobin, hematoma
- paleo - ancient - paleontology, paleoanthropology
- xeno - foreign/alien - xenophobia, xenobiology
This week we'll continue reading F. Scott Fitzgerald's
The Great Gatsby. Students have already met Nick, Daisy, Tom, Jordan, and Gatsby. They've encountered some of the most enduring symbols in all of literature: the valley of ashes, the eyes of Dr. TJ Eckleburg, and Gatsby reaching out to the green light across the bay. We'll continue on with readings and discussion over chapters 2 - 4. During these chapters, students will come to understand who Gatsby actually is and why he was reaching out across the bay.
- Mon: New root words; quiz on Friday. The Great Gatsby - Chapter II quiz, study guide due by the end of the hour.
- Tues: The Great Gatsby - read and discuss Chapter III. For Wed: finish reading Chapter III.
- Wed: The Great Gatsby - Chapter III quiz, study guide due by the end of the hour.
- Thurs: The Great Gatsby -read and discuss Chapter IV. For Fri: finish reading Chapter IV.
- Fri: Root words quiz. The Great Gatsby - Chapter IV quiz, study guide due by the end of the hour.
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